But still, it will be the first chance Colts fans have to see Andrew Luck in an actual game setting since November of a year ago when he played against the Denver Broncos, lacerating his kidney and ending his season in the process.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Aaron Rodgers is looking forward to watching Brett Favre’s induction ceremony into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Granted, we all know that, but he proved it once again today when he was interviewed on the Dan Le Batard Show on ESPN Radio on Tuesday morning.
“There’s going to be a lot of fans there really pumped up for being back to football and just excited about Brett and his accomplishments as well, so we’ll have alumni there, we’ll have raffle giveaways, just should be a great time”, Frederick said.
I think that settles it pretty well, don’t you?
More accurately, it will mostly feature Colts wannabees versus Packers wannabees as a significant percentage of the players participating in the game are likely to not even be on the rosters that open the regular season in another month. And it’s way more awesome than comparing oneself to an Olympic archer. “We’ve got five preseason games”.
To put Rodgers’ comment into context, the Packers lost top receiver Jordy Nelson previous year in their second preseason game with a torn ACL.
“Whatever Mike has us do, I don’t know what his plan is yet”, Rodgers said. Normally, the team would just be practicing and staying put at its hotel the day before a road game. So it was a great feeling, and it was fun to get out there and get that atmosphere under my belt.
“It’s hard to say workload (this year) with the amount of plays I’ve played the last few years in preseason”, Rodgers said.
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It’s certainly a bit of a surprise, but the Colts have an urgency to them this year and they obviously want to take advantage of another preseason game. OL T.J. Lang (shoulder) practiced after starting camp on the physically unable to perform list. Nelson is recovering from a knee injury after he missed the entire 2015 season with a torn ACL in his other knee.
